State would require more job searches for unemployed

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Photo by Brandon Kosters. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stands alongside House Democrats after the vote to extend unemployment benefits.

State would require more job searches for unemployed
Photos. Unemployed people in Wisconsin would have to double their searches for work from two to four a week or lose their benefits under a plan approved by the Legislature's budget committee Monday.Read more on WISN Milwaukee

Former state senator says she thought she earned unemployment benefits as a …
LeFavour, 49, said she delayed applying for unemployment benefits while she lived off savings and began work on a memoir about her service as the only openly gay legislator in Idaho history. As her financial situation deteriorated, LeFavour said …Read more on The Idaho Statesman

Federal officials chide Pa. on not paying first-time unemployment benefits…
PHILADELPHIA — A newspaper says federal officials have accused Pennsylvania of "continued failure" in paying first-time unemployment benefits in a timely fashion. The U.S. Department of Labor also said the commonwealth has been "trending downward" …Read more on The Republic